Fuel pump



`Ian. 4, 1938. A. M. BABxTcH r-:T Al. 42,104,448

FUEL, PUMP Filed April '24, 1936 21 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 4, 1938. A. M. BABITCH ET 2,104,448

. FUEL :PUMP i File'dApril 24, 1956 V2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patente-d Een.. 4.. E93@ D l l FUEL Pm Abraham M. Bahitch and Gordon W. Harry; Flint, Mich., assignors to General Motors Cor= poration, Detroit, Mich., a corporation oi Dela= ware Application April 24, i936, Serial No. 76,11@

ll (Claim. (G11. 12B-139) This invention relates to the fuel supply sysusual fuel system. The complete system includes` tem for the engine of a motor vehicle. the fuel reservoir, a conduit therefrom to -the An object of the invention is to provide an pump, and a conduit between the pump and the improved system in which the liquid fuel is less engine carburetor. 'For the purpose of this ap- 5 likely to be vaporized. plication the reservoir, conduits, etc. may be con- 5 \Another object is the accomplishment of the sidered conventional and are not illustrated. major object with no increase in cost over known Fuel pumps of the kind here involved are opiuel systems. erated mechanically from the engine cam shaft, As still another object the inventive idea is thus necessitating a position of the pump near l incorporated in a specic form wherein the fuel the engine. In consequence, the pump, in being l0 system includes as a part thereof an engineso positioned, is usually conned in the space operated fuel pump with which is associated an between parts corresponding to the engine hood air pump, as in prior designs, and wherein the i9 and the splash pan i5. Frequently, too, the major object is accomplished by what may be pump is near the hot exhaust manifold 20. l termed an inexpensive inverted arrangement of In more recent motor vehicle designs, the shape l.'- the pumps. and position of the hood and pan and the use lStill another object and one concerned with of additional sheet metal parts has tended to the structural arrangement is the location of the shield this `region from the cooling effects of the fuel pump relative to the conventional splash air outside this enclosure, yand any parts such pan where it will be subject to the inuence of as the fuel pump Within the enclosure are Sub- 20 the prevailing air temperature rather than to the V ject to the excessive engine heat. This has inhot air in the region adjacent the engine, the creased the tendency to volatilize the liquid iuel air confined between the engine, the hood, and and cause vapor lock. In accordance with the the pan'. present invention the larger part of the fuel Other objects and advantages will be underpump is projected downward through the pan- 2,-, stood from the following description. In this way the fuel carrying parts of the pump In the drawings accompanying the description, are subject to the surrounding atmosphere tem- Fig. 1 is a view in sideelevation showing dia- Perature. that part only 0f the Dump Which is grammatically the relation of parts involved in provided with the operating mechanism being `the departure from analogous systems. above the pan and subjected to the higher tem- 30 Fig. 2'is a vertical 'section through the pump Derature. part ofthe system. In some former designs there has been used Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the valve as- With the fuel Dump aneir Dump- The tWO pumps sembly as seen from line 3 3 of Fig. 2, have been spaced vertically and the engine cam Fig. 4 is a transverse section through one of Operated means has projected into a region be- 35 the valves. tween the two pumps. In such `constructions Fig. 5 is a detail iny pien view of a part of the the air pump has been located below the fuel assembly, portions broken away as seen from pump. In the present invention the association line 5-5 of Fig. 2. of pumps is continued but their relatiye position Fig. 6 is a. section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5. has beenreversed so that thefuel-carrying parts 40 Flg- 7 1S a Section 0n line 'l--1 0f Fig. 2. may be suiiiciently low to be projected below the Fig. 8 is a section on line 8--8 of Fig. '1. Splash Dani Fig, 9 is a partial section corresponding to The novel arrangement is the occasion of some that of Fig. 8 but showing a rslightly modified Structural changes to keep enginel oil Afrom the. farm, fuel pump and to improve the arrangementfor 45 Fig. 101s a vertical sectional view of a slightly air venting 0f the region beneath the recipro Y modied form. cating member'of the air pump. y Referring to the drawings. numeral Il is used `The combinedY pum-p of the ,present applicato designate the frame bars ofthe chassis'of-al 'tion comprises an intermediate die casting!! motor vehicle, the engine lof which isv marked adapted to be secured tothe engine and havingzo $3. AS is customary. there iS a Splash PBR marked a pivotal support at 23 for alever 25. When the i5. The ,splash pan showing is diagrammatic and pump part 2| is in position, the -lever 25 is en` is intended to illustrate only the relative pOSigaged with and rocked by an engine cam 21. 4tion. to itself' of the fuel pump i1. It will Vbe Also pivoted concentrically with the lever are understood that this fuel pump is a part of the links 29 and 3l. A second die cast element 33 55 is clamped to casing 2| by-.fastening means 35, there being a diaphragm 31 therebetween. The diaphragm is moved in one direction by a stem 39 secured thereto and engaged with the\end of link 29 itself actuated by lever 25, and moved in s., the Aopposite direction by a spring 4| seated against a diaphragm cup 43 and an abutment 45 carried by a sealing device 41 the latter serving to prevent the entrance of engine oil to the region adjacent the diaphragm. 'I'he sealing device comprises a casing |04 press-fitted into a counterbore of member 2| around stem 39, being heldin place by staking the wall of the counterbore. 'I'he casing houses a spring |06 which presses an upwardly directed ange of a washer |09 firmly against the stem 39.

The die cast member 33is formed with a recess 49 beneath the diaphragm to constitute a pump chamber. 'I'o' the underside of the casting 33 is secured a filter and drain cup 5| by fastening means 53, its head engaging around an opening at the bottom of the cup and its shank threaded into the lower end of a boss integral with the casting. The casting has an inlet passage 51 communicating with an arcuate region 59 closed atthe top but opening into the cup beneath a strainer 6| fastened as shown between the boss and the outer wall of the casting. The fuel, after being freed from sediment and water by the strainer, passes up through the inlet valve 63V into the pump chamber. From. the pump chamber the fuel passes ythrough an outlet valve 65 into a space 61, thence out through a passage B9. The two valves are of identical construction. Each comprises a ring 1| forming a seat 13,. a valve disc 15, a spring 11, and a retainer 19 in the formof a stamping surrounding the larger diameter part of the ring 1| and carried up to form an abutment for the spring. The valves are located in closely adjacent relation, the outer -face of one and a mid portion face of the other contacting coplanar depressed shoulders on the casting 93. A clip 9| engages the other faces of the valve rings and is fastened by screws 93 to the casting.

In theoperation of the pump the lever 25 is rocked counterclockwise by the cam. The lever 25 has a face 95 adapted to engage the link 29 and raise the diaphragm to make a suction stroke; 'I'he spring 4| functions to make the discharge stroke. During the discharge stroke the cam is in the idle phase of its movement and a spring 81 in abutment with the casing 33 pushes a stamping 99 against the lever and holds the latter against the cam. The contact at 95 provides the lost motion usual in such pumps and necessary to provide the.variable stroke.

Above' .the intermediatepart 2| is another die cast housing 9|. This housing constitutes an air pump and employs a diaphragm 99 having a stem 99 connected to the link 9| operated by the lever' 25l for one directionof movement. A spring 91 moves the diaphragm in the opposite direction. This air pump may be used as a booster for the motor -of a windshield wiper as in similar combined pumps now in use.4 For the purpose of venting the space beneath diaphragm 93, the upper part of casting 2| is formed with a substantially circular channel 90. An air vent 92 is formed inthewallofpartu topermitairtotlowbetween channel 99 and the outer air. The vent 92 95 and another opening |00 aiording communication between the space above the cover and the end.- of the circular channel opposite air vent 92. Walls'about openings 99 and |00 are formed as shown to prevent oil splashing into the channel. The long circulanchannel 90 is utilized to eilect maximum silencing: Another opening |02 is provided for venting the iair space above the fuel pump diaphragm. Also, by means of this opening, gasoline may escape and not enter the crank case in theevent of breakage of the diaphragm of the fuel pump. In other respects the air pump may be regarded as conventional.

As stated above, in prior constructions the fuel pump'has been positionedabove-the equivalent of casing 2| and the air pump below. Since it is desired to cool the fuel pump, the relative position has been reversed and the fuel pump has been projected through an opening in the splash pan as clearly shown by Fig. 1. In this way the fuel pump parts carrying the volatile liquid are removed from the relative hot region near the engine'and are subject to the cooler outer air.

In Fig. 9 the outlet passage is formed as in Fig.

'6. In addition thereto is an intersecting passage 99, a registering hole |0| in the diaphragm, a registering. passage |03 in casting 2|, and over passage |03 is placed a hollow air dome |05 functioning to cause a more uniform discharge of fuel.

To prevent oil vapors from the crank case from reaching and damaging the diaphragm of the vacuum pump and then escaping to the atmosphere, we may seal the space corresponding to 98 in Fig. 2. Such a sealing expedient is shown in' Fig. 10. In this gure parts 9|, 2|, 93, 95 are like the corresponding parts in Fig. 2. In place of cover 94 we use a cover |09 with a centrally depressed region having a large opening for the passage of stem 95. A leather washer I3 with upper and lower retainers |I5 and H1 rests on cover |09 in the region and a spring H9 between the lower diaphragm plate and the upper retainer II5 holds the sealing assembly in position. Thesealing washer closely surrounds stem 95 and serves to keep vapors from the oil from passing up through the opening in cover |09 and from damaging the diaphragm and then escaping to the outer air.

We claim:

In a motor vehicle, an engine, a hood, a splash pan, said parts forming an enclosure, said engine having an exhaustmanifold within said enclosure whereby the temperature within the enccsure is higher than the outside air, a pump to supplyu `ABRAHAM M. BABITCH.

GORDON W. HARRY. 

